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GlialCAM, a protein defective in a leukodystrophy, serves as a ClC-2 Cl(-) channel auxiliary subunit.
Neuron - 8 Mar 2012
Jeworutzki Elena, López-Hernández Tania, Capdevila-Nortes Xavier, Sirisi Sònia, Bengtsson Luiza, Montolio Marisol, Zifarelli Giovanni, Arnedo Tanit, Müller Catrin S, Schulte Uwe, Nunes Virginia, Martínez Albert, Jentsch Thomas J, Gasull Xavier, Pusch Michael, Estévez Raúl
Abstract excerpt
Ion fluxes mediated by glial cells are required for several physiological processes such as fluid homeostasis or the maintenance of low extracellular potassium during high neuronal activity. In mice, the disruption of the Cl(-) channel ClC-2 causes fluid accumulation leading to myelin vacuolation. A similar vacuolation phenotype is detected in humans affected with megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with...
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